hyphenated en · ADJ
Meanings
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Written with a hyphen.
Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.
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Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
[The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity.
2005 October 28, Edwin A. Sumcad, “Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right”, in American Chronicle, archived from the original on 25 May 2006:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most hyphenated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more hyphenated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonhyphenated · multihyphenated · hyphenated American · unhyphenated
Translations (5)
el συλλαβισμένος (written with a hyphen) · hu kötőjeles (written with a hyphen) · hu kötőjellel írt/írott (written with a hyphen) · pt hifenizado (written with a hyphen) · pt hifenado (written with a hyphen)